228047-229825

^ replace delimiter in unicode encdoded file
228047 [ciapecki gma] - open a file encoded in ucs-2le,
228150 [rossrt rosco] $ irb -riconv
228341 [david vallne] Um. Other way around. *Old* data is in UCS-2LE, not in UTF-8, so it's
228399 [ciapecki gma] Thanks Ross for the try, but it is not working,
228407 [rosco roscop] I think David is confusing the order of the 'from' and 'to' arguments to
+ 228441 [ciapecki gma] Thanks Ross,
| 228449 [nospam nosit] / ...
| + 228452 [ciapecki gma] Another question following up.
| | + 228501 [nospam nosit] The fact that you can choose a particular encoding doesn't mean that
| | | 228504 [ciapecki gma] in VIM :set filencoding (does not only set fileencoding, but as well
| | | + 228505 [nospam nosit] / ...
| | | + 228647 [david vallne] hout
| | + 228528 [rosco roscop] I've not used it myself so I can't say it'll definitely do what you need,
| + 228460 [ dak gnu.org] No, the reason is that CP/M had no tty concept, and consequently no
| | 228481 [david vallne] Hrm, and I also recall once knowing about why the different text /
| | 228500 [nospam nosit] / ...
| | 228550 [david vallne] Backwards binary compatibility for decades is one of the MS hallmarks.
| + 229072 [jwkenne attg] Not fair to MS, in this case; they simply copied DR, who had copied DEC.
+ 228479 [david vallne] /me puts on dunce hat.
  228527 [rosco roscop] I wouldn't be too quick with that - it gets me every time I use iconv

^ MySQL and SQLite question
228055 [nephish gmai] Lo there all.
+ 228063 [tdenkinger g] A lot depends on how hard you work your database, I think.  It's possibel
+ 228072 [nospam nosit] FWIW, MySQL also can create portable flat files, if that is how you have set
| 228094 [nephish gmai] i have used the export feature to create some portable files, but they
| 228102 [nospam nosit] Were you transferring the database from one MySQL server to another, or were
+ 228115 [david vallne] =46rom my own experience, some 80% of MySQL users are stuck at versions
  + 228157 [nephish gmai] Wow, thanks for all of this guys,
  | 228169 [david vallne] If you make use of the new features over 3, it can also be notably
  + 228158 [jzakiya mail] This may answer many of your questions. I was just browsing
    228168 [nephish gmai] Hey, thanks for the links, looks cool.

^ Testing the Gateway
228059 [james graypr] Please ignore.
228067 [shortcutter ] I'm sorry, I can't.

^ Redefine a module function in a method
228060 [michel.casab] I would like to redefine a mofule function in a method, play with my module
228064 [robert.feldt] module M

^ specifying a gem version
228071 [brianpdoyle ] I'm new to ruby so I have no clue what I'm doing yet here.  I downloaded
228123 [david vallne] Do you -need- the newer version of AS or are you just chasing higher

^ help, my  'case/when' code doesn't work
228075 [cremes.devli] def case_test(obj)
+ 228077 [shortcutter ] Make that "case obj" instead.
+ 228080 [stefano.croc] Your code will call Array===obj.class. According to ri aClass===anObject
  228082 [cremes.devli] Sheesh! I *knew* it was something easy. I feel like a dope...
  + 228084 [nospam nosit] / ...
  + 228135 [hal9000 hype] Don't feel like a dope. That is fairly subtle.

^ How to use a String obj both in Proc.new and for puts
228081 [RichardDummy] In the appended code I duplicate the text so I can both display it and
+ 228083 [nospam nosit] Are you asking how to create a string that can serve for display and also
+ 228131 [RichardDummy] Thank you very much for your responses.  You were both great. The code

^ Tool for Program Visualization ?
228085 [mailforgilbe] coming to Ruby from Java i'm lookin for a tool
+ 228090 [benjohn fysh] I'm afraid I don't know of anything like that, but others may.
| 228096 [mailforgilbe] it's helpful to see what's going on. also great for
+ 228128 [snail objmed] <mailforgilbert@gmx.de> writes
| 228242 [mailforgilbe] Thanks for the tip, but i prefer a free tool,
+ 228161 [rubyzbibd ub] That looks pretty cool.  Although, it is text based you can use the
  228240 [mailforgilbe] ok, thanks didn't know of that.

^ Re: [QUIZ] Turtle Graphics (#104) [SOLUTION]
228089 [m_goldberg a] Quiz 104 -- Solution
228097 [nospam nosit] / ...
+ 228107 [psyonic gmai] Very nice.  I didn't think to use mod for the angle correction either, but
+ 228125 [m_goldberg a] Good catch. I had forgotten that %= existed.

^ ruby web servers, threads and sessions
228098 [bingopajama ] Is there a pure ruby web server that can start a thread that performs
+ 228099 [drbrain segm] WEBrick + your custom code.
| 228103 [bingopajama ] Ah, looks pretty straight forward, thanks.
| 228109 [nospam nosit] Yes, you can do this, but if the purpose is to govern the behavior of remote
| 228111 [bingopajama ] Thanks for the responses.  It's all over the LAN, so security isn't a
+ 228100 [nospam nosit] Your question isn't crystal clear, but look at webrick, see if it's what you

^ classes in WIN32OLE
228106 [chen_li3 yah] There are so many pre-assumptions when using  WIN32OLE
228950 [nlloyds gmai] WIN32OLE basically provides an interface to the OLE type libraries in
228977 [chen_li3 yah] When I read the document about this library I see several classes as

^ Swig, Ruby, C++ question
228108 [djberg96 gma] Solaris 10
228112 [jan.svitok g] You need to include the header in the interface file. In fact, you
228120 [djberg96 gma] This works, thanks!
228129 [jan.svitok g] - - -

^ [SCIRUBY] dangerous speed skating
228110 [ara.t.howard] if any of you guys are planning on running redlights on your roller blades you
228430 [Bil.Kleb NAS] Atta boy!  Honestly, I can't see how one can claim to be
228432 [ara.t.howard] shock and awe baby, shock and awe!

^ Threads and class variables
228113 [ac251404 ohi] I am trying to run 3 threads of a process using 3 sets of data. The
+ 228118 [shortcutter ] You need to use a block parameter for "period" otherwise you will run
+ 228119 [coder68 yaho] < snip>

^ How do I catch a missing method on a passed block?
228127 [james2mccart] I would like to invoke method_missing on baz in this code;
+ 228132 [ara.t.howard] but block __will__ respond_to? 'call' - ergo your method_missing hook will
| 228209 [james2mccart] I want to catch a missing method (baz) inside the passed block.
| 228231 [ara.t.howard] class Foo
| 228300 [james2mccart] -a ! Thanks, I will give this a shot. I really appreciate your help.
+ 228133 [logancapaldo] You'd want to define the method_missing
| 228210 [james2mccart] Thanks Logan, that is what I ended up doing, I just wanted to avoid
+ 228211 [daniel.schie] class Foo
| 228213 [logancapaldo] If ruby were common lisp, that could actually work. But it's not and our
| 228359 [twoggle gmai] class Foo
| 228398 [martindemell] irb(main):008:0> a = Foo.new
| 228411 [twoggle gmai] Ah, see what you mean now :)
| 229274 [james2mccart] This is what I finally ended up with - which I think is quite elegant
| 229275 [dblack wobbl] I'm curious where args_to_attributes is defined.  Is it a top-level
| 229296 [james2mccart] I just include it into the singleton class, I just chopped it out here!
| 229299 [dblack wobbl] You may be right; I didn't demo it because I couldn't figure out
| 229306 [james2mccart] You are right David, I chopped the lambda and it still works ;-/
| 229311 [dblack wobbl] I'd have to see the current version of the code to be sure, but
| 229320 [james2mccart] class Foo
| 229327 [dblack wobbl] @@return is going to be a new variable each time you call bar with a
| 229354 [james2mccart] Whoops, that wasn't actually my code :-/ Just to restore a little
+ 229363 [erikveen gma] I've some comments, on almost all code in this thread. Feel
  + 229375 [james2mccart] Erik, thank you for pre-empting my next challenge and giving me a good
  + 229382 [dblack wobbl] I guess "polluted" is relative.  I admit I've never understood the
    + 229420 [james2mccart] This is a useful summary of the key concepts that moved me forward. I
    | 229446 [dblack wobbl] Definitely.  I think breaking the code down is fine (I might avoid
    + 229505 [dblack wobbl] If they're not of practical value, then they're not of value.  So I'll
      229561 [dblack wobbl] All the singleton method definitions of that class object, yes.  It's
      229825 [dblack wobbl] Cool -- on all counts: the advertising of course :-)  but particularly

^ how do I "unrequire" a file ?
228137 [tuka yorn.ne] In using migrate manually, I "require" the file containing the migration
228145 [david vallne] Use load (ri Kernel#load) instead of require. I -think- you need to use
228152 [kbloom gmail] Yes, you do need to use the .rb extension with load.
228182 [tuka yorn.ne] Thanks,

^ hpricot 0.4.76 chokes on empty comment.
228140 [rm_rails che] Hpricot's choking on some pages complaining about nil
228220 [why ruby-lan] It's in.  Way to be, Ron!

^ Registration open for erubycon
228146 [joe theedgec] Registration is open for erubycon (http://erubycon.com), the first
228147 [joe theedgec] Sorry, mistake on the feed url.  It's

^ Xcode 3 and Ruby?
228149 [gcarcass gma] I've heard more than rumours that the new Xcode 3 development
228269 [rf.oodanaw s] It's not a rumor, it's published on Apple's site, Leopard will come with

^ Testing scheme flawed;  correction plan OK?
228151 [RichardDummy] My Setup

^ Method Namespace
228153 [transfire gm] I have need for a general purpose simple namespace construction. Not
228261 [pit capitain] Tom, could you try this version?
228338 [transfire gm] Bloody hek, that's a clever solution. Works like a charm. Pit Captain,

^ doubt with positive lookaround
228160 [gethemant gm] chunked_data = "DIVex>##ECHO=b698fd4cc1ea4c7a4b5c4e1d1c402911##"
+ 228162 [martindemell] No, but lookahead assertions are zero-width, so if your assertion
| 228164 [gethemant gm] Holy cat...thanks
+ 228243 [danfinnie op] There are a few types of "lookarounds": positive lookahead, negative lookahead, positve lookbehind, negative look behind.
  228244 [james graypr] The regex engine in Ruby 1.8 does not support look-behind
  228340 [gethemant gm] Yup James I am aware of that. I was blind enough to not see my silly mistake.

^ Rake 0.7.1 aborted! Test failures
228170 [davek dksy.n] 1. gem install --remote rake
228188 [james.adam g] It sounds like your environment.rb is expecting the engines plugin to
228218 [davek dksy.n] James,

^ looping through & downloading web page - WATIR codes
228172 [csamigroup g] What I am trying to realize through code below is to read a line by
228181 [nospam nosit] 1. Always close the opened file handle when the write is completed. You are
228183 [csamigroup g] I found out what the problem is..
228187 [nospam nosit] Sorry, I don't know enough about Watir to answer this question.

^ Send over raw socket?
228173 [ben iagu.net] This should be simple, but it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere I
228175 [vjoel path.b] Just use #send. It's documented in the BasicSocket part of the appendix

^ Integer#to_s(2) works on x86, fails on x86_64
228176 [ snk gna.org] Can anyone explain why this is happening?
+ 228179 [nospam nosit] It's way too large to fit into an old-style integer of 32 bits, but it fits
| 228190 [stefan mahli] The same Exception is thrown on my machine.
+ 228180 [patrick erdb] patrick@Dragon:~$ irb
+ 228197 [invalid gmx.] => "1.9.0 x86_64-linux 2006-10-16"
  228207 [mihai.vlad a] Seems on 1.8.5 is ok aswell, so the problem is < 1.8.4
  228208 [kbloom gmail] Yep. Here are the relevant changelog entries.

^ ie.link(:text, "Next").click
228185 [csamigroup g] is there anyway to proceed with the WATIR code below after checking
228186 [nospam nosit] What is your program's goal, what did you expect to happen, and what

^ before 'click' in WATIR..
228189 [csamigroup g] I am using code below to click in a page when it finds "Next" link.
228238 [ezmobius gma] Curious-
228245 [djmj12 gmail] Assuming the variable containing the Watir::IE controller is called

^ Starting XMLRPC server on virtual host returns EADDRNOTAVAIL
228193 [ruby tschirl] Dear ruby experts,
+ 228194 [caleb aei-te] Try a port number below 65536.
| 228195 [ruby tschirl] reserved ports below 1023, and ports between 1024 and 64k. This all
+ 228200 [michel.casab] Michel Casabianca
| 228371 [ruby tschirl] Yes, I have tried this, too. Same result.
+ 228250 [drbrain segm] For a WEBrick virtual host you need to pass :DoNotListen => true in
  228372 [ruby tschirl] I'm not very sure if I did get this right.

^ TDD/unit testing question
228196 [peter rubyra] Slightly OT, but since I think Unit testing/TDD is a commonly accepted
+ 228199 [michel.casab] You said that using Unit Testing/TDD accelerates your development, thus
+ 228205 [jamesmead44 ] It's difficult to give specific comments without actually seeing the
| 228246 [drbrain segm] When I was new to TDD and unit testing this was my biggest problem,
| 228426 [Bil.Kleb NAS] I had a similar experience.  TDD reveals design smells in your code.
+ 228334 [transfire gm] I sympthize. I think TDD makes more sense for applications in which the
  + 228336 [rsanheim gma] The problem with this approach is that when you go back to try and add
  + 228425 [Bil.Kleb NAS] I respectfully disagree.  I find TDD beneficial even when

^ String#crypt first 8 characters
228198 [patrick erdb] i had a problem with str.crypt - i got every time the same result. The
+ 228203 [vincent.four] =3CBR=3E=3CBR=3E----- Original Message -----=3CBR=3EFrom=3A Patrick Plat=
| 228581 [patrick erdb] Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions. I understand how crypt works
+ 228219 [chris.hulan ] On Dec 5, 8:08 am, Patrick Plattes
+ 228222 [fred lacave.] There are workarounds, but I think that's dependent on the OS.

^ A true Ruby compiler (for Linux)
228201 [phil pricom.] People,
+ 228202 [twifkak comc] I think you're confusing demand and supply. :P
| 228212 [jameskilton ] Same type of thing that Python does now: byte-compile the python code and
+ 228229 [Joerg.Mittag] XRuby is a Ruby compiler that compiles Ruby to Java Bytecode.  You can
  228235 [wilsonb gmai] Rubinius also has this feature (saving portable, intermediate bytecode
  228258 [Joerg.Mittag] Great!  I didn't know that.
  228259 [jameskilton ] I wonder how much traction XRuby will ever be able to get now that JRuby is
  228262 [david vallne] able

^ [ANN] Cerberus 0.3.2 released. Now with Perforce and BJam support.
228206 [anatol.pomoz] New version of lightweight and powerful Build Integration tool for Ruby

^ Rinjdael (AES) encryption in Ruby
228214 [fightinjoe g] I've got a quick general question about encryption.
228308 [support chil] To sum it up, these input parameters must match between encryptor and

^ Using Relax NG as a grammar
228215 [djberg96 gma] Random thought of the day...
+ 228226 [james.britt ] Do you mean instead of BNF, for example?
| 228321 [djberg96 gma] Yes.
+ 228237 [vidar.hoksta] It _is_ meant to be used for language specification, so that's why it
  228388 [dido.sevilla] Ah, but after you're done tokenizing and have generated an abstract
  + 228488 [james graypr] I'm sure I will be shot for this, but that almost strikes me as a fun
  | 228497 [danfinnie op] ...
  + 228565 [dido.sevilla] Yes, it is madness, and yes, unfortunately, it has been done. There's

^ Unexpected scope range
228216 [andreas.warb] I am new to Ruby but have a strong java background.
+ 228221 [nospam nosit] example   # method local
| + 228224 [gwtmp01 mac.] This doesn't seem like standard terminology to me.  Usually these
| | + 228267 [nospam nosit] Yes, this is only a matter of terminology. My term "class instance" is the
| | | 228310 [drbrain segm] There is no such thing as a "class instance variable" in Ruby.
| | | 228327 [nospam nosit] / ...
| | | + 228401 [dblack wobbl] No, that's wrong.  Classes are unambiguously and unequivocally
| | | | 228442 [nospam nosit] Yes, no dispute about that. I ought to have said that class definitions are
| | | + 228409 [dblack wobbl] No; the discussion is about instance variable that belong to class
| | | + 228458 [drbrain segm] I'm sorry if you've spent your time trapped in crappy OO languages
| | + 228313 [dblack wobbl] Sometimes people say "class instance variable" to mean "instance
| + 228264 [o.renaud lap] Le mardi 05 dñÄembre 2006 17:45, Paul Lutus a ñÄrit
+ 228239 [dblack wobbl] def starts a new local scope, so local variables defined outside it
  228263 [andreas.warb] Thanks for your replies.

^ Passing the module name into the method definition
228217 [thedossone g] I've been building a harness for running watir tests it looks lke this
228367 [damphyr free] You're defining a class method (e.g. static in other regions of the
228749 [thedossone g] I don't believe I am defining a class at all... I had a look at the